Work and jobs

What holds these lists together

What people do all day, and the words used to talk and write about it — from the application through the payslip to the negotiating table. A job is stated with ser and without an article: soy profesora, where English cannot do without its «a». That is no detail; it is the answer to the second question anybody asks you. The correspondence draws a line English leaves blurred. English opens a business letter and a note to a friend with the same «Dear»; Spanish writes Estimada señora to a stranger and keeps Querida for people it knows. The appointment words sit alongside, because tener una cita and quedar con alguien are not the same arrangement.

For example: el trabajo (the work; the job), la agenda (the diary, the appointments book), la oferta de empleo (the job advert), el portal de empleo (the jobs portal), dar un toque (to give somebody a buzz), convocar una reunión (to call a meeting)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.